Tools/Tricks of the Trade

As progress of the Clementine Quilt Along continues,

I'm learning more and more about shortcuts to speed 

cutting along.

This is March block--on the website.

Mine is still on the sewing machine table

All the pieces have been cut, marked and sewn along

the correct lines--

Chain stitching is a must when you want speed.

I found these nifty little gadgets work well when you

are trying to square up half square triangles. There are two rulers in each

package ( Slotted Trimmers by Kari Carr)

These need to be trimmed to 2" unfinished--best part is

the slots to cut off 'dog ears' too!

I was sewing along merrily--all blocks were sewn together--

well, crunch berries--thread had run out of the bobbin!!

I hate when that happens--so I quit for the day!

Then I re-read the directions for the blocks and see that

directions call for 12.5" block AND 20.5" block!

For the past three months, I've only done the 12.5"

Guess I'll go back and make the larger blocks........

so much for reading the directions first time around!